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Contrastingly, however, in "The Signalman", Dickens, has chosen to use a lot of ambiguity in that he does not reveal who the character is: "He heard a voice...he was standing"; and "he replied...he had much" the constant use of "he" in the entire story is an example of the ambiguity

"Several times interrupted by the little bell", is how the narrator explains the movement of the signalman. The bell notifies the signalman that there is a signal coming from across the line. While the signalman does his duty, the narrator observes the signalman who operates at a at a snail's pace, making sure everything is done precisely.